French Year 9 booklet

Bonjour Year 9!

Over the next 5 weeks, you will be completing work based on knowledge that we have covered in lessons. This booklet is designed to give you practice with:

reading translation guided writing

This booklet comprises of 6 lessons (including a bonus for half term) 1. w/c 20th April 2. w/c 27th April 3. w/c 4th May 4. w/c 11th May 5. w/c 18th May 6. w/c 25th May (half term)

There is a quiz to complete at the end of each lesson, and there is an end of booklet quiz to complete after the 5 weeks. Ensure you complete the quizzes without looking at your lesson, so that you can check that you have understood. Additional work with access to the internet: Remember to protect yourself when accessing online websites.

Practise pronunciation- online https://ttsmp3.com/text-to-speech/French/ (type the word down and click “read”, the computer will read it to you. This can be accessed from a smart phone or on a computer.

Practise grammar-online www.languagesonlines,org

Bonne chance!

Team French

Week 3: Using the perfect tense (with avoir and être)

PART 1:The perfect tense with ‘avoir’ Task 1:Write a definition of the perfect tense

Task 2: Les pronoms: Write out the English translation of each pronoun.

je – nous - tu – vous - il – ils - elle – elles – on -

Task 3 :write the ending of a past participle

Irregular past participles:

1a) Write a definition of the perfect tense. ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

1b) What are the two parts of the perfect tense? __________________________________________________________________

What are the normal endings of the regular past participles? ER -> ____ example:IR -> _____ example:RE -> _____ example:

Task 4: Fill in the past participles

manger to eat (ate)dormir to sleep (slept)rendre to make (made) choisir to choose (chose)voyager to travel (travelled) essayer to try (tried) remplir to fill up (filled up)faire to do (did)boire to drink (drank)voir to see (saw)

PART 2:The perfect tense with ‘être’

Task 5:Complete

Task 6: Write these out in French. Remember the agreement if you are a girl.

a) I arrived.

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b) I went up.

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c) I went down.

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d) I died.

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e) I stayed.

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f) I fell.

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Task 7: Translate these sentences into English.

5a) What are the two auxiliary verbs that can be used in the perfect tense? ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

5b) When do we use ETRE instead of AVOIR?__________________________________________________________

a) J’ai regardé un film avec ma mère.

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b) Nous avons joué au tennis.

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c) Elle est sortie avec sa cousine.

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d) Au restaurant, j’ai mangé une pizza et j’ai bu un coca.

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e) Nous sommes arrivés en France hier.

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Knowledge Checker – What have you learned this week?

One thing I feel confident about is: _______________________________________________________________

I want to revise or learn more about:

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I will do this by:

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W3:End of Lesson Quiz

1) When is the perfect tense used?A to describe what’s happening

now C to describe singular, completed

actions in the past B to describe ongoing events in the

past D to describe what will happen

2) What comes before the past participle? A auxiliary verb C adjective B infinitive verb D imperfect tense

3) What is the past participle of ‘manger’? A mangeait C mangeré B mange D mangé

4) What is the past participle of ‘finir’?A fin C fini B finit D finisse

5) What is the past participle of ‘entendre’? A entendé C entendi B entendu D entendru

6) What is the past participle of ‘faire’?A fairu C fais B fait D fairé

7) What is the past participle of ‘voir’? A vu C vi B voi D voyé

8) Which of these is not a MRS VANDERTRAMP verb?A monter C regarder B arriver D descendre

9) Which of these is a MRS VANDERTRAMP verb?A dessiner C sortir B rire D envoyer

10) How would you translate ‘he went’?A il est allée C il est allés

B il est allé D elle est allée